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a road to nowhere with a tank full of palm oil and a road filled with destruction

Last Friday me Hugh, and Aliana hit the beach with the greenpeace campaign on our lips about Palm oil and the destruction of the rainforest. Yes it was nerve...
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Nottingham Peoples Hustings

Normally a blog is about people's ideas and experiences but I am writing about something else as I don't know where else to put this information - it could be...
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"Bigot"gate shows PM dosn't understand peoples concerns

Many people will come away from the "bigot" gate episode thinking that the main parties don't understand their concerns over immigration. As one...
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Will Trident be mentioned on tonights debate

Speculation on the newsnight blog over what will happen on tonight’s debate. I wonder if Trident will be mentioned.    
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Ignoring the issues?

TPA stating the obvious about politicians ignoring the real issues
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Chorlton Big Green Festival

Sat 27th March 2010 We had a stall at Chorlton Big Green Festival, a small day long sustainability themed event promoting local environmental groups and...
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Nestle Palm Oil Direct Action

17th March 2010 James and Jake took part in an action in Croydon on Wednesday 17th March to persuade Nestle to stop purchasing palm oil from the Sinar Mas...
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Obama-Clegg comparisons

This blog is comparing Obama's successful presidential campaign with Clegg's, something we can only really judge until after the election. However one...
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Orang utans descend on Nestle HQ, Croydon to give them a piece of their mind

As the train pulled into Croydon station and I saw the sign ‘Welcome to Croydon, home of Nestle’ a little shiver went through me, could we be going to...
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Response from Chuka Umunna, Labour candidate for Streatham

 Dear Jonathan, Thank you for your email. Chuka is opposed to Britain making a decision now to replace Trident. He would fully support a concerted...
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Trident Poll Results in Tooting

Our recent Trident polling outside Tooting Broadway Underground Station on Saturday 20th March went rather well, getting over a hundred people to stop and...
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The spending blackhole

You wouldn't guess it, but the Tax Payers Alliance is often a place for interesting debate. They've noticed that all three main political parties have...
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Should the UK be printing dollar bills?

Interesting blog post. http://norfolkblogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/sis-you-spot-unpatriotic-element-of.html The author spotted that the Conservative...
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Climate Question Time

Last Wednesday we gathered at the Town Hall for the 'Climate Question Time' event, organised by Greenpeace volunteer, Julia Spragg with help from similar...
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Lib Dem electioneering and Trident (at a tangent)

Seems Martin Tod, the LibDem candidate in Winchester is quoting John Sauven as a way of highlighting green credentials... Today's Winchester & Chandler’s...
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'Behind the logo' tar sands briefing

BP is about to make a big investment in the tar sands of Canada. Far from being “Beyond Petroleum”, this would be a massive oily step backwards to the worst...
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Trident campaigners seek to ensure right to protest

Four campaigners from Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp (not a Greenpeace camp, but we all want the same thing - to scrap Trident) will be attending Reading...
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huffington post 'keep trident it's cheap' blog

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/azeem-ibrahim/trident-is-no-debt-cure-f_b_550002.html
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Nestle Palm Oil Campaign.

Southwark has been having a busy time of late... This month sees the campaign to shine the light on the unsustainable exploitation of virgin rainforest for the...
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Brilliant new 'you choose the cuts' toy on the FT website

There's a fantastic toy on the Financial Times website that lets you choose your own cuts in public spending in order to fill the fiscal deficit after the...
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